Well here we are in a new year – a time for new beginnings, a time for resolutions – most of which we won’t keep, but just the same, important to make – to remind ourselves that we can be better if we really try.

I was at lunch the other day and noticed a couple at the next table – with each other – sort of – but both with their smart phones out doing their own thing. Exactly what David Brooks notes in a recent op-ed piece when he says, “You’re with the people you’re with, but you’re also monitoring the six billion other people who might be communicating something more interesting.” I find that sad.

... and books galore

Author: Sandra M. Levy, Ph.D., M.Div.

A holiday journey brings thoughts of how reading books – both fiction and nonfiction – helps us make sense of the world, become better people by seeing how virtue is done, learning from others’ mistakes, growing in wisdom from the wise words and examples of others.